compass
noun
an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north.
compassing
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present participleof compass.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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To think of compassing anything by force was absurd, for the count, not having yet acknowledged his sin, he had no legal right over the child.
From The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés
For that which is visible and tangible one may hope to cope with and subdue, but the invisible and intangible contain possibilities beyond the compassing, and the elements of unreasoning fear.
From White Fire by John Oxenham
It is compassing sea and land in its efforts to overcome, by ingenious financial and technical expedients, obstacles which should never have existed.
From The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney
Thus a formidable conspiracy was formed for the purpose of compassing Temujin's ruin.
From Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott
The reeling of millenniums set Smith's mind awhirl with the effort at compassing their span.
From The Tree of Life by C. L. (Catherine Lucile) Moore
